Pauline (1912). French dressmaker. More than a designer of women’s outfits, she was a true craftswoman. She was born in Paris, moved to New York in 1937, after completing her studies and working in her father’s dressmaking boutique and in…

Vivianna (1927). Swedish jewelry artist, who worked especially in silver. One of her “pieces,” Assymetrical Necklace, 1959, has been called “a milestone in modern jewelry” (Barbara Cartlidge in Twentieth Century Jewellery). In 1948 she opened her first workshop in MalmÖ.…

Rita (1913). Italian fur designer. She was born in Asti. Responding to an early ambition, as soon as she finished an exclusive course in dressmaking, she moved on to Milan where she continued her apprenticeship in a strict school for…

Scottish company, specializing in the cashmere yarns sector. It belongs to the Dawson International Group and has offices in Kinross in Scotland. It employs 350 person. Since June 2003, the director for all markets, except the United Kingdom, with the…

A French word that is practically untranslatable, also known as faux cul. It is an elastic bulge, form or bustle, to be worn under a skirt. Very fashionable at the end of the nineteenth century, when the volume of the…

Manufacturer of silk fabrics for ties. It was founded in 1934, and is headquartered in Como, with a plant in Appiano Gentile. It is family owned and run. It has 80 employees, with a manufacturing capacity of 130,000 meters monthly.…

Label of the Artigiana Sartoria Veneta (Venetian Artisanal Clothing Makers) which, in 1968, was founded in Mirano, near Venice, and which, through the Barena label as well (‘barena’ is a local term used to describe the lands that emerge from…

Philip (1967). Irish milliner and fashion designer. Born in County Galway. He moved to London to study for a masters at the Royal College of Art (1990). He was considered the enfant prodige of hats, and when he was just…

Silvia (1966). Colombian fashion designer. She is a beautiful blonde, somewhere between Grace Kelly and Deborah Kerr. Born in Barranquilla, an industrial and port city overlooking the Caribbean Sea. She is married and has two children. She debuted at Milan’s…

Clothing brand created in Alto Adige (northeast Italy) in 1995, through a joint venture between the brothers Hansjorg and Michi Klemera, and a Bavarian partner. The brand takes its name from Luis Trenker, a legend in his homeland, who was…